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CD Projekt Red Dates The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

RPG sequel coming later than expected, studio wants extra time to polish.

The monster hunt begins this spring. CD Projekt Red announced this afternoon that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings -- the follow-up to its 2007 dark fantasy RPG classic -- will be coming a bit later than expected and is now slated for launch on May 17.

The Polish developer said release dates in specific territories may vary, and more information will be provided during a press conference set for Thursday.

"We've decided to move the launch date back a few weeks to afford us more time to polish the game," Adam Badowski, project lead at CD Projekt Red, said in a statement. "Of course, we know that players would like to get the game as soon as possible, so we hope that they will forgive us. We strongly believe that the extra time spent polishing the title will be well worth the wait."

The studio said it will provide more details about the game's launch, the Collector's Edition of The Witcher 2, and how it plans to protect the title from piracy during its press conference. To see the presser for yourself, tune in to http://www.thewitcher.com/ on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. PST.

The Witcher 2 is being developed for Windows PCs, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PC version is expected to launch first on May 17 with the console versions to follow. We'll find out for sure on Thursday.

Sharkey says: The game is looking great and it will be interesting to see how The Witcher plays now that CD Projekt Red is utilizing its own proprietary game engine. And now for your non sequitur moment of the day, courtesy of Snapple: If you had $1 billion and spent $1,000 a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all.